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HENRY J. PLANT, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR TO DEFIANCE CHECK WRITER CORPORATION, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PRINTING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 8, 1919.

Application filed March 13, 1916. Serial No. 84,437.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. PLANT, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the'county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Printing-Machines,

of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to printing machines. g

- An 'object of this invention is to provide a construction by which the dials which indicate the positions of the printing me'm bers, are arranged in juxtaposition in order that by a single glance at the dials one may ascertain the lines at the printing point. Another object of this invention is to provide an improved transmission means be tween the several prlntmg members and To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain parts and combinations of parts all of which will be hereinafter" dc scribed, thenovel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings: a Figure 1 is a plan view of a machine embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line a.a, Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section on the line bb, Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a bottom View of the machine with the bed plate removed; Fig. 5 is an enlarged. sectional view of the centering device; v

Fig. 6 is a detail sectional view showing the construction and arrangement of the individual check gage; and

. Figs. .7 and 8 are detail views of another ing ink to ink rollers. To this bed plate, a casing 3 may be hlnged at 4, and carries a' latch 5 at its swinging end for engagement ranged in two sets.

with the'bed plate. The top of this casing may be closed by a work supporting plate 6 which is provided with a slot 7 through which the check is pressed to engage with theprinting members or member within the casing.

The printing members are preferably in the form of four wheels 8, 9, 10 and 11 ar- The wheel 8, in this instance, has lines of type thereon in the form of words from one to one hundred; the wheel 9 has lines of type the-reonin the form of numerals indicating fractional amounts of a dollar from one cent to ninety-nine cents, each fractional amount being followed by the word dollars; the wheel 10 has lines of numerals thereon corresponding to the words on the wheel 8; and the wheel 11 has lines of numerals thereon corresponding to the matter on thewheel 9, so that the Wheels 10 and 11 write in numerals on the check what has been written in words by the wheels 8 and 9. o

It is desirable that the set of wheels 8 and 10 shall move togetherand the set of wheels terior of the case moving therewith and shall be operable from the exterior of the casing. In this embodiment of the invention, this result is secured by a shaft 12 journaled at l3 in one side of the case-3 to project at one end through the case and having its opposite end journaled within a socket 1i formed in a shaft 15 which is axially alined with the shaft 12 and turns in a sleeve 16 which is journaled at 17 in that wall of the casing 3 opposite the wall carrying the bearing 13. The wheel 8 turns loosely on the shaft 12, the wheel 9 is pinned to the shaft 1:2 at 18, the wheel 10 is rigid with the shaft 15 and the wheel 11 turns on the shaft 15 and is rigid with thesleeve 16. The shaft 15 which projects both inside and outside of the casing 3 carries the wheel 10 within thecasing and the indicating wheel or member 18 on the exterior of the casing. The sleeve 16 also projects inside and outside of the casing and carriesthe wheel 11 on the interior of the easing and the indicating wheel 19 on the exterior of the casing and in juxtaposition to the indicating wheel 18.

The indicating wheel 18 is turned by a grip member or wheel 20 which lies to one side of the wheel 18 and is connected with printing wheel and from the latter, by

the latter through lugs or projections 21 head of the plunger. If the plunger be which are provided with numerals to indi-. pulled outwardly and turned slightly, the cate the main divisions of the indicator. projections 44 will be carried out of the From the indicating wheel 18, motion is notches or recesses 43 and the plunger held transmitted by the shaft directly to the out of cooperation with its centering wheel.

' The purpose of thisconstruction is to enmeans of a gear wheel 22 concentric thereable those printing wheels which print the with and a pinion 23, motion is transmitted fractional portion of a dollar to be centered to a counter'shaft 24 on which the pinion either for one cent or for five cents. It is 23 is arranged. This shaft 24 also carries well known that many large employers of a pinion 25 which meshes with a gear wheel Working people'do not pay money to their 26 carried by the type wheel 8 concentric help in coins less than a five cent piece,

with the latter so that the type wheel 8, either paying more or less than the actual gear wheel 29 which meshes with a pinion rotated simultaneously in the same direcber 20 is turned.

' the printing wheel 9. Secured to'the printthe type wheel 10 and the indicator 18 are Wages and'adjusting this on the next pay day. It is for these employers that this attachment has been designed as it enables i them to quickly ascertain the amount nearest For operating the other set of'type wheels to the actual wages of the employee without tion when the hand wheel or operating memand their dial 19, a hand wheel or operating paying off in one cent pieces. At the same member 27 is provided on that side of the time, the machine may be adjusted to center machine opposite the hand Wheel 20. This each line of this set of printing members. hand Wheel 27 is pinned at 28 to the shaft The inking mechanism does not form any 12 and causes the turning of the latter with part of the present invention so a detailed description thereof will be unnecessary. A ing wheel 9 and concentric therewith is a plurality of inking rolls 45 are yieldingly 7 supported within a casing 46 which is to c0- 30 arranged on the counter shaft '31. This operate with the printing member. This counter shaft 31 also carries a pinion 32 casing is hinged at 47 to the rear wall of the which meshes with a gear 33 that is secasing 3 and is held in different adjusted cared to the printing wheel 11 concentric positions by latches 48. In order that this with the axis of rotation of .the'latter so casing will not be required to sustain the that, when the hand wheel 27 is turned, the weight of the machine when the casing 3' is printing wheel 9 turns, transmitting motion swung on its pivot 4, the casing 3 is provided to the printing wheel 11 by means of the with lower feed or legs 48 projecting. rearinterconnecting gears and pinions, and, at wardly therefrom below the ink roll casing the same time, the dial member 19 is turned 46 and upper feet or legs 49 projecting reardue to its connect-ion with the wardly therefrom above the ink roll casing ll'by the sleeve 16. 46. The feet or legs 49 are preferably curved It is desirable in machinesof this type to in the manner shown so as to project slightly have the printing lines. center themselves above the plan of the table 6 in order that automatically beneath the slot'7 and, to this the sheet of checks may be directed thereon end, each set of printing members is proj vto be. lifted slightly from the table 6 after vided with centering means. The centering the printing action so that the inked under means for the set in which the printing surface of the check will not be blurred by wheel 8 is a member comprises a spring contact with the table 6 or with the ink roll pressed plunger 34 cooperating with a casing 46. Before the work reaches the notched centering wheel 35 Which is secured curved work supporting members 49 it is to the printing wheel 8 and concentric with lifted slightly bythe two fingers 86 which the latter. 1 proje'ct upwardly and rearwardly from the The centering means for the other set of table 6 in advance of the rear edge of the printing wheel printing members embodies two centering, table and in rear of the slot 7, these fingers devices 36 and 37, the former beingada ted eing spaced apart so as to engage the work to cooperate with the centering wheel and the latter cooperating with the center-' it elevated until it reaches the curved suping wheel 39. Each of these centeringdeports 49. i

vices 1s 1n the form of a plunger pressed 1, For impressing the checks upon the printtoward 1ts centerlng wheel .by a sprin' 40 ing members,there may be employed a platen plunger within the pocket 0 anattaching members and which preferably is secured to member 41. The tenslon of the spring may a head .51 from which extends a guide rod 52 be regulated by a screw plug 42' through that o erates within a block 53. This block which the reduced portion 0 he stem of, is pre erably formed with an enlarged bore the plunger 1s guided, and this plug 42,54 in which is inclosed a helical. spring 55 has its outer end notched at 43 for the rewhich surrounds the rod 52 and abuts at one ception of the projections 44 or the enlarged end the bottom of the b01654 and at i o r 38 at opposite sides of the printed area and hold which surrounds the reduced ortion o the 50 which cooperates with all of the printing I end the enlargement 56 on the stem 552. ,For cotiperation with the enlarged end 56 of the stem 52 an operating lever 57 is provided pivoted at 58 to'the head 53 in rear of the stem 52 and carrying an adjustable screw 59 engaging the enlarged portion 56. l

- The forward end of this lever or operating member 57 may be provided with a pocket 60 in which is received a cushion 61. The pocket 60 is formed by dividing the end of the operating member 57 to form a removable piece 62 which is secured by a screw 63 and provided with a tapered bore in which is fitted an inverted cup-shaped member of rubber or other yielding material with flaring walls. By removing the member 62, the

cup-shaped member 61 may be removed, but

it is otherwise held against removal by its flaring walls coiiperating with the tapering opening of the member 62.

The head 53 may be secured by screws 64 to a bridge piece 65 which is attached at its ends to opposite sides of the casing 3 so that a sheet of checks may be passed rearwardly over the.table 6 onto the curved guides 49. To guide the checks, guides 66 may be adjustably secured at 67 to the table 6 at opposite .sides of the latter, and for holding the checks down on the table, spring-arms 68 are adjustably secured at 69 to the bridge 65 and extend forwardly and downwardly from the latter to bear against the table, these arms being connected near their outer ends by rods 70 which coiiperate with the sheets of checks to determine the printing position of the latterf When the machine is to be used for print ing on single checks, the spring arms 68 may be removed and the gages shown in Fig. 6 substituted therefor. These gages preferably have stop portions 71 vertically arranged and cotiperating at their lowerends with the table 6 beneath the bridge piece 65. These vertical stop portions areeach carried by one end of a U-shaped member 72 one arm of which extends below the bridge 65 and the other arm of which extends above the bridge 65 and is provided with a slot 73 which permits the stop portion 71 to be adjusted toward and from the slot 7, the adjusting screw 69 operating in said slot portion 73.

In the operation of the invention, the hand wheels 20 and 27 are adjusted until the proper numbers on the dials 18 and 19 are brought within the openin of the indicator loop 74;. Byv this operatlon, the printing members 8, 9, 10 and 11 have been positioned so that lines of type are presented beneath the slot to print on a check in words and numerals the amount of said check. Either a single check or a sheet of checks is thenplaced face downward on the table 6 and ad justed so that it lies in proper position over the slot 7, after which the operating handle or member 57 is depressed to carry the platen 50 downwardly in order to force the check against the exposed type line.

Instead of the centering means shown in Fig. 5, the centering means shown in Figs. 7 and 8 may be employed. In this construction the two centering wheels 38 and 39 are provided as in the other embodiment, one with a notch for each line of type and the other with a notch for each five lines, so that the wheel will be centered only at lines representing multiples of five. Instead of two plungers only one plunger 78 is employed in the form of a tube having a ball 79 in one endand pressed toward the centering wheel by a coil spring 81 which operates within the plunger 7 8 abutting the latter at one end, and a plug 82 atits other end, the plug being adjustable to vary the tension of the spring and being held in its a slot 85 and holds the carrier 75 in its adjusted position.

By this arrangement the slngle plunger or centering device 78 may be made to engage either the centering wheel 38 or the centering Wheel 39, and owing to the fact that the plunger is eccentrically mounted in a screw 77 it may be adjusted tov shift the centering position slightly so that proper engagement between the printing line and the platen may be obtained.

According to this inventiom, there has been provided a structure in which two dials, controlled by separate operating members at difi'erent ends of the machine, are located in juxtaposition at one side of the machine, so that it is possible to determine immediately what adjustment of the printing members has been efiected. The mechanism for carrying out this result is of'simple construction and not liable to get outof order.

a hinged casing and is protected by feet which support the hinge casing in open position. The printed check is protected against blurring by contact with the machine after the printing action. Centering. means is provided which centers the set printing wheel either for every line of type thereon, or for every fifth line of type thereon.

The inking casing is mounted at the rear of What I claim as my invention and desire I i to secure by\ Letters Patent is:

1. In a check printing machine, the combination with, two sets of type wheels ar one of said type wheels bearing figures, another and non-adjacent type wheel bearing .ranged side by side along a common .axis, I

words expressing the corresponding figures on the first named "wheel, a third wheel bearing figures, a fourth and non-adjacent wheel bearing corresponding figures, of a shaft to which one of said type wheels is secured and on whichanother turns, a sec- 0nd shaft to which another of said type wheels is secured and on which another turns, and driving connections between each rigidly secured type wheel on one shaft and the type wheel which turns onthe other shaft.

2. In a check printing machine, the combination with two sets of type wheels arranged side by side along a common axis,

one of said type wheels bearing figures, an-

each shaft and the loosely mounted wheel on the other shaft, two dials one secured to one of said shafts and the other mounted to turn loosely thereon, and driving connection between the loosely mounted dial and the other shaft. I

3. In a check printing machine, two printing wheels, a shaft for each wheel, a hand wheel on eachshaft, two dials one rigidly secured to one shaft and the other mounted to turn on the same shaft in proximity to the first named dial, and driving conneo tion between said second named dial and the other shaft.

4. In a check printing machine, a casing, two printing wheels mounted therein, two alined-shaftsone for each wheel, each of said shafts extending to the exterior of the casing, a hand wheel on the extended portion of each shaft, a dial on the extended portion of oneshaft to turn with the latter, and a dial mounted to turn loosely on said shaft in proximity tothe first named dial and having driving connection with the other shaft.

5.'In a check'printing machine, two sets of type wheels, a pair of alined shafts toeach of which one of the type wheels of one of the sets is rigidly secured, and on each of which the other type wheel of the other set is mounted to turn loosely, and driving connections between 'th cured type wheel on the other shaft.

6. In a check printing machine, .two sets,

V loosely mounted type wheel on one shaft and the rigidly seeach of which one of the type wheels of one of the sets is rigidly secured, and on each of which the other type wheel of the other set is mounted to turn loosely, and driving connections between the loosely mounted type wheel on each shaft and the rigidly secured type wheel on the other shaft, a dial rigidly secured to one of said shafts, a dial mounted to turn loosely on the same shaft, and a sleeve rigidly securing said dial to the type wheel which turns loosely on the shaft.

7. In a check printing machine, a casing, two sets of type wheels arranged in the casingon a common axis, two alined shafts to each of which one of' the type wheels of one of the sets is rigidly secured, and on each of which the other type wheel of the other set is mounted to turn loosely, the shafts being extended from opposite sides of the easing, hand wheels secured to said extended ends, and driving connections between the loosely mounted type wheel on each shaft and the rigidly secured type wheel on the other shaft.

8. In a check printing machine, a casing, two sets of type wheels arranged in the cas- 7 ing on a' common axis, two alined shafts to each of which one of the type wheels of one ofthe sets is rigidly secured, and on each of which the other type wheel of the other set is mounted to turn loosely, the shafts being extended from opposite sides of thecasing, hand wheels secured to said extended ends, and driving connections between the loosely mounted type wheel on each shaft and therigidly secured type wheel on the other shaft, a dial rigidly secured to one shaft on the exterior of the casing in proximity was first named dial, and a sleeve connecting said last named dial with the loosely mounted type wheel within the casing on the same shaft.

9. An operatin lever for check printing machines or the li e comprising a main portion, a removable portion having a tapered opening closed at its bottom by the main portion, and an inverted cup-shaped impact cushion having flaring side walls cooperating with the tapered walls of the removable portion of the lever to be retained in said opening and .having its bottom resting upon the main portion.

10. In a check printing machine, a bed plate, a casing hinged at '1ts rear to the bed plate, a printing wheel journaled in the cased to be exposed through said slotted topwall, a platen for pressing the work into engagement with type on the type wheel, a support for the platen permitting the work to be fed rearwardly over the top of the casing, and means acting on the under side of thework on opposite sides of the printed area after the printing to lift the work off the top to prevent blurring of the printed matter.

12. In a check printing machine, a casing having a slotted top wall serving as a work support, a type wheel having its type adapted to be exposed through the slot, a platen for pressing the work into engagement with typeon the. type wheel, a support for the platen permitting the work to be fed rearwardly over the top of the casing, two spaced fingers projecting from the top of the casing between the slot and the rear edge of the top wall, and two spaced curved members projectin beyond the rear edge of the top wall and a ove the plane of the top surface to conduct the work to the rear of the casing without contactingwith the rear edge of the casing.

13. In a check printing machine, a casing having a slotted top wall serving as a work support, a type wheel having its type adapt so ed to be exposed through said slotted top wall, a platen for pressing the work into engagement with type on the type wheel, a support for the platen permitting the work to be fed rearwardly over the top of the casing, and spaced devices projecting rearwardly from the casing and adapted to support the work on opposite sides of thc' printed area after it has been printed to prevent blurring of the printed matter.

to Ll. In a check printing machine, a casing having a slotted top wall serving as a work support,.a type wheel having its type adapted to be exposed through said slotted mtop wall, a' platen for pressing the work into engagement with the type on the type wheel, a support for the platen permitting the. work to be fed rearwardly over. the top of the casing, and two spaced projections extending from the rear wall of the casing curved upwardly to a plane above the casing top and thence downwardly and serving to support the work to prevent blurring of the printed matter.

151 In combination with a check printing machineof the type having a slotted work support, a platen for pressing the.

work through the slot, and a bridge supporting the platen and supported at opposite sides of the work support; single-check 'lieo work-gages each formed of a U-shaped portion, one arm of which is adjustably secured to the upper face of the bridge and the i other arm of which extends under the both directions.

bridge and has a stop portion cooperating the work support.

said cylinder one having notches for each 16'. In a check printing machine, a typecyllnder having lines of type thereon any one of which 1s movable to a printing positlon, a centering device acting to center each line as it is brought to printing position,

and a second centering deviceacting to center certain lines which are separated from each other by other lines on the printing cylinder, either of said centering devices being movable out of cooperation with the printing cylinder so that the other may remain inaction.

17 In a check printing machine, a type cylinder having lines of type thereon, two notched wheels turning with said cylinder, one of said wheels having notches corresponding in number with the line, of type on the type cylinder, and the other having notches corresponding in number to certain lines of type on the type cylinder which are separated from each other by an equal number of lines of type, and two spring pressed devices for cooperating with the notched Wheels to center the printing cylinder, each of said devices being adapted to be moved out of cooperation with its notched wheel.

18. In a check printing machine, a type cylinder having lines of type thereon any one of which is movable to a printing position, and means for centering each line as it is brought to printing position or for centering only certain lines which are separated from each other. by other lines on i the printing member.

19. In a check printing machine, a type C cylinder having lines of type thereon, any

one of which is movable to a printing position, two centering wheels movable with line of type on the cylinder and the other having notches only for certain lines which are separated. from each other by other lines, and means for cooperating with either of said centerin wheels to center the lines 11 of type at printing point.

' 20. In a check printing machine, a type cylinder having lines of type thereon, any

one of which is movable to a printing posie tion, two centering wheels movable with said cylinder one having notches for each line of type on the cylinder and the otherv having notches only for certain lines which are separated from each other by other lines, and means for cooperating "with either of said centering wheels to center the lines of type at printing point, said means comprising a centering plunger shiftable to engage either of said centering wheels.

21. A centering device comprising a spring pressed plunger having a ball loosely mounted thereon to be carried therewith-in 22. A centering device. comprising a rotary member, a spring pressed tubular plunger eccentrically mounted therein, and aball carried by said tube.

23. In a check printing machine, a type cylinder having lines of type thereon, any ,7 one of which is movable to a printing position, two centering wheels movable with said cylinder one having notches for each line of type on the cylinder and the other having notches only for certain lines which are separated from each other by other lines, and means for cooperating with either of said centering wheels to center the lines ofengagement with the type on the type member, a support for the platen permitting the work to be fed rearwardly over the top wall of the casing, and spaced devices in rear of said slot for engaging the under side of the work on opposite sides of the printed matter to lift the work off the top wall as the work is moved rearwardly.

25. -In a printing machine, a casing, two printing wheels Within the casing rotatable about a common axis, one of said wheels having a shaft rigidly secured thereto to turn therewith and extending through a side wall of the casing, a dial and ahand wheel secured to said shaft, a second hand wheel mounted at the opposite side of the casing and connected to the other printing wheel to turnthe latter, and a second dial having a sleeve surrounding the shaft of the first named dial so that the two dials lic' side by side, said sleeve extending into the casingand being connected to the second hand wheel to be turned by the latter.

' HENRY J. PLANT. 

